Real Estate Corner: Trapped in the dark

Allow me to set the scene: I am home alone, on my day off, doing some cleaning. It’s the end of the day, with the sun hanging on for maybe another thirty minutes or so, and I decide to start a load of laundry. It’s a bit windy outside, but nothing too wild or crazy. No rain, no thunder.

I head downstairs into the basement to start my laundry, and as I’m filling the washing machine, the lightbulb in the lamp above my head starts to flicker. I think to myself, I really hope that bulb doesn’t go out; I don’t think I have any extras. But, I am not too worried about it, as the light that illuminates the rest of the basement is just fine — or so I think.